Texts: Acts 9:1-6, (7-20) • Psalm 30 • Revelation 5:11-14 • John 21:1-19 If you were here for the Easter Vigil, you’re recall that right before the Litany of the Saints I announced to the congregation that we’d forgotten to do the asperges – the thanksgiving for baptism that involves casting drops of baptismal … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, April 18, 2010: Third Sunday of Easter
Message: April 2010 Newsletter
“Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen.” (Luke 24:25b) When you compare the stories from each of the four gospels about that first Easter morning, you discover that they’re wildly different. In Mark, the earliest of the four gospels, the women arrive at the tomb … Continue reading Message: April 2010 Newsletter
Sermon: Sunday, April 4, 2010: Easter Day
Texts: Isaiah 65:17-25 • Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 • Acts 10:34-43 • Luke 24:1-12 Forty-two years ago today, Chicago exploded. I was still five years away from being born, so if you’re my age or younger then you learned about this explosion the same way I did, through history books. But some of you were … Continue reading Sermon: Sunday, April 4, 2010: Easter Day
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